Biography

Dr. Kuruvilla has been at Cedarville since 1997. She is a member of the American Society for Cell Biology and continues to publish on aspects of chemorepellent signaling in Tetrahymena. Dr. Kuruvilla was named the Cedarville University Faculty Scholar of the Year in 2007. She has received a number of teaching awards, including the Center for Teaching and Learning Award (2011), Cedarville University Faculty Teaching Effectiveness Award (2004), the SOCHE Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award (2005), Ohio Magazine's Excellence in Education Award (2003), and Who's Who Among America's Teachers (2003–2004, 2004–2005).